The International Arthurian Society (North American Branch) invitessubmissions to its â€œTeaching Arthurâ€ panel at the 43rd InternationalCongress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 8-11, 2008.

An Arthurian course is arguably one of the most easily filled medievalstudies classes on the average campus. This enthusiasm is both a blessingand a curse for the medievalist, who must negotiate the expectationscreated by contemporary forms of Arthuriana while addressing themulti-faceted medieval Arthurian tradition. Arthurâ€™s ongoing popularityshould lead us to ask: What do we teach when we teach Arthur? This panel isespecially interested in innovative approaches to teaching the Arthuriantradition in the classroom, either in course content or methodology.

Possible topics include:-â€œteaching Arthurâ€ in contexts other than literary studies-Arthurian tradition and the history of ideas/theory-Arthur on location: studies abroad-Arthur and popular culture-non-canonical Arthurian texts in the classroom